diff --git a/test/conf/cassandra.yaml b/test/conf/cassandra.yaml
index b74da12a61..14698028bd 100644
--- a/test/conf/cassandra.yaml
+++ b/test/conf/cassandra.yaml
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ commitlog_rotation_threshold_in_mb: 128
 data_file_directories:
     - build/test/cassandra/data
 disk_access_mode: mmap
-seeds:
-    - 127.0.0.2
+seed_provider:
+    - class_name: org.apache.cassandra.locator.SimpleSeedProvider
+      parameters:
+          - seeds: "127.0.0.2"
 endpoint_snitch: org.apache.cassandra.locator.SimpleSnitch
 request_scheduler: org.apache.cassandra.scheduler.RoundRobinScheduler
 request_scheduler_id: keyspace